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11/29/2012

Florida Republican Party takes on Charlie Crist again

Either the folks at the Republican Party of Florida have too much time on their hands and are really bored or they really fear former Gov. Charlie Crist.

The Republican turned independent soon-to-be Democrat and likely candidate for governor is featured in still another attack by the Florida GOP. Makes you wonder what the Republican Party's internal polls are telling them.

Clearly, the party appears to be very concerned about Crist's political future. Could it be that they believe Crist could defeat Gov. Rick Scott in the 2014 election?

Here's the latest missive from the Florida GOP:

After a brief estrangement, professional political candidate Charlie Crist has reforged his alliance with his hand-picked political co-star, Jim Greer, and the two are now trying to leverage it into a new, blockbuster theatrical release.

In a delicately choreographed theatrical teaser, the two former political co-conspirators thrilled MSNBC viewers this week in a coordinated duet, with supporting roles filled admirably by Al Sharpton and Rachael Maddow.

The teaser served as a nostalgic reminder, not only of Crist’s finely-honed acting skills and his electrifying chemistry with Jim Greer in their 2007 premier, but also of the hundreds of thousands of lost jobs and record foreclosures in Florida when Crist was on the political “A-List.”

In front of a camera, Charlie Crist has the ability to meld into any character – from “Chain Gang Charlie” to sympathetic “Man of the People” – there is seemingly no role that he can’t play.

The plot of Crist’s first film with Greer as the co-star, titled “Shipwreck,” began with Crist playing the role of the ambitious Captain Stimulus, who immediately rams his ship, the S.S. Florida, into an iceberg and it starts taking on water. Crist does an amazing job of channeling the tragic, deeply flawed character of Captain Stimulus in a memorable scene where, even as the S.S. Florida is slipping under the water, he and his ever-present First Mate, played by sidekick Greer, ignore the looming disaster to plot the takeover of a new ship steaming for Washington, D.C.

Their scheme fails miserably, and the film ends with the iconic image of Captain Stimulus and his First Mate floating away from the wreckage, Crist perched in a lifeboat, and Greer pathetically begging to come aboard. In the haunting closing shot, the cold, unmoved Captain Stimulus loosens his grip and lets his old buddy sink from view.

The film got mixed reviews by the press and was panned at the box office. Media reports say that Crist and Greer then had a falling out. Greer made sensational accusations about Crist, and Crist retaliated in the media, describing Greer’s shocking allegations as “delusional lies.”

But that was then, and this is now. The paparazzi are once again dutifully reporting Crist and Greer’s every utterance as though the fate of millions hang in the balance, and the few fans of the original film are buzzing at the reunion of these two characters and the prospect of a sequel. Many questions remain unanswered about the plot of their new film, but it appears that Charlie Crist and Jim Greer have buried the hatchet and are ready to light up the silver screen together again. Stay tuned as more details emerge about their next major motion picture…